Chapter 10
Creating a Multiuser iMac
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding access levels
Adding, editing, and deleting user accounts
Restricting access and limiting accounts
Logging in, sharing, and encrypting
Everybody wants a piece. (Of your iMac, that is.)
Perhaps you live in a busy household with kids, significant others, grandparents, and a wide selection of friends, all of them clamoring for a chance to spend time on the Internet, take care of homework, or enjoy a good game.
On the other hand, your iMac might occupy a classroom or a break room at your office — someplace public, yet everyone wants their own Private Idaho on the iMac, complete with a reserved spot on the internal drive and their own hand-picked attractive Desktop background.
Before you throw your hands up in the air in defeat, read this chapter and take heart! Here, you find all the step-by-step procedures, explanations, and tips to help you build a safe multiuser iMac that’s accessible to all.
(Oh, and you still get to use it, too. That’s not being selfish.)
Once Upon a Time (an Access Fairy Tale)
Okay, so you don’t ...
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